A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

Steven Nelson is on death row for murdering a pastor, but Christians are split on who gets the final say—God or the court?

The new administration could use the existing system of federal agents, local police and jails to funnel more people into the ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - An oversight committee now wants the state to close jails and prisons amid staffing shortages. This ...

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn says jailers "performed magnificently" ahead of the inmate's death. Mason Yancy's loved ...

The Tarrant County Sheriff's Department has been under scrutiny for months after several people died in custody in 2024.

FORT WORTH – The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office has appointed a new chief jailer to oversee a facility that has faced ...

A judge has granted the state's motion to recuse District Court Judge Natalia Cornelio from Ron Haskell's case. Haskell ...

HAYS COUNTY, Texas — A settlement has been reached in the case of a Hays County Jail inmate who claimed correction officers ...

Tarrant County Commissioners will meet to discuss another inmate's death at the jail. Protestors will also be there. Here's ...

Cities and sheriff's offices will be on the front lines of enforcing stricter immigration policies from the state and new ...